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DWYER'S GUIDE. 



THE HARDY BORDER. 



There is perhaps nothing so beautiful and valuable in the landscape 

 and nothing so easily and cheaply obtained as a border of ornamental' 

 shrubs. Be your place large or small, there is always an opportunity to 

 enrich and beautify the grounds with the judicious selection of these 

 grateful and beautiful flowering plants. A border of this kind once 

 planted and established lasts for nearly a life time. Comparatively 

 speal^ing, the first cost is the only cost and the little necessary pruning 

 of these shrubs each year is easily and cheaply accomplished; in fact, it 

 is a great pleasure to those who love nature to attend to and supply the 

 little wants of these generous shrubs. The author has several hardy 

 b o r ders of flowering 

 shrubs at his own home 



and perhaps gets more 

 pleasure, satisfaction and 

 real value from their pro- 

 duct than from anything 

 else in the ornamental 

 line. There is not a sin- 

 gle day in the season from 

 early April until Novem- 

 ber when it is not possi- 

 ble, for his wife or chil- 

 dren to cut beautiful 

 flowers and foliage from 

 these borders. The prin- 

 cipal border was planted 

 fourteen years ago along 

 in front of his place on 

 the public highway. It 

 seems more beautiful and 

 the plants more grateful 

 each succeeding year. 

 This border is some three 



hundred feet in length 

 and is planted with 

 fl o w e r in g shrubs that 

 bloom continuously 

 throughout the entire sea- 

 son. During the growing 

 season it is the admira- 

 tion of all his friends, and 

 favorable comments can 

 be heard most any day 

 from the passers-by. The 

 labor and care of keeping 

 this border in proper con- 

 dition costs less than ten 

 dollars per year, perhaps 



for the ordinary home it would not be necessary to have as long a 

 planting as this, but even though the planting be reduced fully one-half 



HYDRANGEA P. G., GROWN AS A STANDARD. 



